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,Contents
Part One: The Basics
Chapter 1. Simplified Medical Language
Chapter 2. Suffixes and Combining Forms Made Easy
Chapter 3. Essential Prefixes and More
Chapter 4. Diagnostic Procedures and Therapeutic Interventions
Chapter 5. The Body as a Whole
Part Two: Body Systems
Chapter 6. Musculoskeletal System
Chapter 7. Circulatory System
Chapter 8. Respiratory System
Chapter 9. Digestive System
Chapter 10. Urinary System
Chapter 11. Reproductive System
Chapter 12. Integumentary System
Chapter 13. Nervous System and Psychologic Disorders
Chapter 14. Special Sensory Organs of the Peripheral Nervous System
Chapter 15. Endocrine System
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,Chapter 1. Simplified Medical Language
1. What is the main body of a word called?
A) Prefix
B) Suffix
C) Word root
D) Combining form
Answer: C) Word root
2. A combining form can be recognized by which symbol?
A) Hyphen before the word
B) Diagonal slash mark before an ending vowel
C) Hyphen after the word
D) Parentheses around the word
Answer: B) Diagonal slash mark before an ending vowel
3. What does a word root + a combining vowel equal?
A) A prefix
B) A suffix
C) A combining form
D) An eponym
Answer: C) A combining form
4. Which vowel is most frequently used as a combining vowel?
A) a
B) e
C) i
D) o
Answer: D) o
5. What is placed before a word to modify its meaning?
A) Suffix
B) Prefix
C) Word root
D) Combining vowel
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, Answer: B) Prefix
6. What is attached to the end of a word or word root to modify its meaning?
A) Prefix
B) Word root
C) Suffix
D) Combining vowel
Answer: C) Suffix
7. How is a prefix usually written when standing alone?
A) With a hyphen after it
B) With a hyphen before it
C) With parentheses around it
D) With a diagonal slash
Answer: A) With a hyphen after it
8. How is a suffix usually written when standing alone?
A) With a hyphen after it
B) With a hyphen before it
C) With parentheses around it
D) With a diagonal slash
Answer: B) With a hyphen before it
9. Which languages are the origin of more than 90% of medical terms?
A) French and German
B) Latin and Greek
C) Spanish and Italian
D) English and German
Answer: B) Latin and Greek
10. When did extensive borrowing of medical words from Latin and Greek begin?
A) Around A.D. 1000
B) Around A.D. 1200
C) Around A.D. 1500
D) Around A.D. 1800
Answer: C) Around A.D. 1500
11. When should you use the combining vowel?
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,Contents
Part One: The Basics
Chapter 1. Simplified Medical Language
Chapter 2. Suffixes and Combining Forms Made Easy
Chapter 3. Essential Prefixes and More
Chapter 4. Diagnostic Procedures and Therapeutic Interventions
Chapter 5. The Body as a Whole
Part Two: Body Systems
Chapter 6. Musculoskeletal System
Chapter 7. Circulatory System
Chapter 8. Respiratory System
Chapter 9. Digestive System
Chapter 10. Urinary System
Chapter 11. Reproductive System
Chapter 12. Integumentary System
Chapter 13. Nervous System and Psychologic Disorders
Chapter 14. Special Sensory Organs of the Peripheral Nervous System
Chapter 15. Endocrine System
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,Chapter 1. Simplified Medical Language
1. What is the main body of a word called?
A) Prefix
B) Suffix
C) Word root
D) Combining form
Answer: C) Word root
2. A combining form can be recognized by which symbol?
A) Hyphen before the word
B) Diagonal slash mark before an ending vowel
C) Hyphen after the word
D) Parentheses around the word
Answer: B) Diagonal slash mark before an ending vowel
3. What does a word root + a combining vowel equal?
A) A prefix
B) A suffix
C) A combining form
D) An eponym
Answer: C) A combining form
4. Which vowel is most frequently used as a combining vowel?
A) a
B) e
C) i
D) o
Answer: D) o
5. What is placed before a word to modify its meaning?
A) Suffix
B) Prefix
C) Word root
D) Combining vowel
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, Answer: B) Prefix
6. What is attached to the end of a word or word root to modify its meaning?
A) Prefix
B) Word root
C) Suffix
D) Combining vowel
Answer: C) Suffix
7. How is a prefix usually written when standing alone?
A) With a hyphen after it
B) With a hyphen before it
C) With parentheses around it
D) With a diagonal slash
Answer: A) With a hyphen after it
8. How is a suffix usually written when standing alone?
A) With a hyphen after it
B) With a hyphen before it
C) With parentheses around it
D) With a diagonal slash
Answer: B) With a hyphen before it
9. Which languages are the origin of more than 90% of medical terms?
A) French and German
B) Latin and Greek
C) Spanish and Italian
D) English and German
Answer: B) Latin and Greek
10. When did extensive borrowing of medical words from Latin and Greek begin?
A) Around A.D. 1000
B) Around A.D. 1200
C) Around A.D. 1500
D) Around A.D. 1800
Answer: C) Around A.D. 1500
11. When should you use the combining vowel?
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